It appears Brazilian bantamweight Yuri Alcantara (27-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) now has his third different opponent for his appearance at this month’s UFC on FX 7 event.

According to a report from Brazilian website SporTV.com, George Roop (12-9-1 MMA, 2-5 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from the contest and has been replaced by promotional newcomer Pedro Nobre (14-1-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

Roop was also a replacement opponent after Johnny Eduardo was pulled from the original booking.

UFC officials have yet to announce the change, but Roop hasn’t fought since January 2012 after he also was forced to pull out of a planned July contest with Antonio Carvalho at UFC 149.

UFC on FX 7 takes place Jan. 19 at Ginasio Estadual Geraldo Jose de Almeida, also known as Ginasio do Ibirapuera, in San Paulo, Brazil. It will be the UFC’s first trip to Sao Paulo since UFC 17.5 in October 1998. The main card airs on FX in the U.S. and features a middleweight fight between Vitor Belfort (21-10 MMA, 10-6 UFC) and Michael Bisping (23-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC).

Alcantara looks to rebound from a unanimous-decision loss to Hacran Dias at UFC 147 in June. The setback snapped a 13-fight win streak, which included UFC wins over Felipe Arantes and Michihiro Omigawa.

Nobre made his unofficial UFC debut earlier this year as a featherweight contestant on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.” However, Nobre suffered a first-round knockout loss to Marcos Vinicius “Vina” Borges Pancini in the elimination round and was sent home without qualifying for the “TUF: Brazil” house.

Nobre remained busy in 2012 and racked up a 4-1-1 record while fighting on the Brazilian regional scene. That run includes two separate occasions of fighting twice in one night under the Bitetti Combat banner.

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